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How to Stay Safe in the Online World
29 May 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Presenters: Avianna Chao and Dr. Lien Chao
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Encountering Pines and Mountains
20 December 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Event Poster Chinese Brush Painting on Paper and Rock, Installation Artwork, Bilingual Poetry in English & Chinese, Original Music Composed and Performed. Painting: Sharon CookPoetry: Dr. Lien ChaoOpening Remarks: Mr. Justin Poy, Honourary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI Sharon Cook’s/柯雪倫 portfolio spans contemporary art disciplines including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation,…
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Tales of Two Cities: Wuhan & Honolulu
21 November 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Event Poster Photography: Edwin Ho and Weiping Lu Poetry: Weiping Lu Moderator: Lien Chao A Toronto couple departed for holidays in Honolulu on 24 January 2020. Coincidentally, on the same day, the city of Wuhan in China was shut down because of a novel coronavirus outbreak. Retired English teacher…
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Strange Luminescence: Music Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night
07 November 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Event Poster With Alice Ping Yee Ho, Composer and Claudia Chan, Pianist Opening Remarks: Mr. Justin Poy, Honourary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI Alice Ho’s Strange Luminescence, an 18’ work for solo piano and chamber orchestra, was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night. This evocative composition is…
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Asian Heritage: A Spiritual Quest through the Creation of Poetry
14 October 2020 | 7:00 p.m. Event Poster With Dr. Lien Chao Welcome: Mr. Gregory McCormick, Toronto Public LibraryOpening Remarks: Mr. Justin Poy, Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI; Professor Leslie Sanders, York University Lien Chao (poet and author) reads from her latest collection of bilingual poetry Salt in My Life, published by Mawenzi House Publishers…
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Chinese Festivals and Food – Mid-Autumn Festival
28 September 2020 | 7:00 p.m. EDT Event Poster With Professor Chef Leo Chan Opening Remarks: Mr. Justin Poy, Honorary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI The Mid-Autumn Festival is a signature celebration that showcases the culinary and cultural traditions of the Chinese community. Celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, it is sometimes…
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“Positive Thinking” Video with Seniors
The video was integrated into Social Services Network’s relaxation and mindfulness activities, including virtual programs that was supporting up to 70 seniors daily via the Social Services Network Virtual Platform. Co-Organizers: Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Toronto Public Library; York Centre for Asian Research, York University; Asian Institute at the Munk…
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Pink Energy Unfolds: Brush Paintings & Bilingual Poetry
11 July 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Presenters: Irene Hung and Lien Chao “This Spring Is Not Normal”In the chilly, gloomy spring of 2020, deadly COVID-19 rapidly spread out in the world. Two Canadian artists, Lien Chao and Irene Hung, started their multi-media artistic collaboration as their way to fight COVID-19 during at-home quarantine and practising…
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Life in the time of COVID | Haiku and Oil Paintings
01 August 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Event Poster Presenters: Patria Rivera, Joe Rivera Moderator: Dr. Lien Chao Patria Rivera is a Filipino-Canadian poet, writer and editor. She is the author of four poetry books and two chapbooks, including Puti/White (2005), The Bride Anthology (2007), BE (2011), and The Time Between (2018). Her poetry collection, Puti/White,…
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Launch of AHM Virtual Digital Workshop Series
31 May 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Event Poster Expanding the Cultural Understanding and Digital Awareness of Students: The Arts and AI Project with the Toronto Catholic District School Board, IBM, York University, Artists The apple box in Aunt Susie’s basement: Portraits of Chinese Families in Canada with Dora Nipp and Hilary Chang, Multicultural History Society…